Innocence Project Oregon: Oregon gives 2nd certificate of innocence to wrongfully convicted man
On Thursday, an order was entered in Marion County Circuit Court to seal his records and finalize the case.
The state of Oregon has paid $925,000 to compensate Cannon, 59, for the years he lost.
“While we celebrate this victory, there are still people in Oregon prisons who were convicted on junk science like Mr. Cannon was,” Janis Puracal, executive director of Forensic Justice Project and one of Cannon’s attorneys, said in a statement. “Mr. Cannon’s case is a great example of why we can’t just lock people up and throw away the key.”
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